OSN Cornea/External Disease Board Member Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, and a panel of experts examined a series of unusual ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ophthalmologists often have to deal with pterygium surgery, especially in the sun-belt regions of the globe.

In patients who have undergone implantation of a glaucoma drainage device, corneal patch grafts are much more likely to erode than scleral patch grafts, leading to more frequent revision for the ...

Q: What is the spot on my eye ? A: The cornea is the transplant tissue in front of the eyeball which allows light to enter the eye so we can see. The cornea is surrounded by a white layer of tissue ...

(Medical Xpress)—A UC Davis Health System Eye Center study found that scleral lenses, which rest beyond the limits of the cornea and cover the white part of the eye (sclera), were a good alternative ...

Tube-corneal touch occurring after Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation is conventionally treated by tube cutting or tube transposition from the original pathway. However, in some cases, tube ...

Conjunctival retraction leading to patch graft exposure is usually considered a minor complication, as long as the tube is well covered by the patch graft. [10] This condition, which does not require ...

Corneal transplantation is a procedure that involves the repair of a damaged or diseased cornea with healthier cadaver tissue. This is called allotransplantation which refers to the transplantation of ...